Gerster vs Lowry City

A side-by-side comparison of Gerster and Lowry City: population, income, housing, and more.

Gerster and Lowry City are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lowry City has the higher population (587 vs 8 in Gerster). Gerster has the higher median household income ($43,750 vs $42,159 in Lowry City). Lowry City has the higher median home value ($84,300 vs $45,000 in Gerster).

Population, income & housing

	Gerster	Lowry City
Population	8	587
Median age	68.0 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$43,750	$42,159
Median home value	$45,000	$84,300
Median gross rent	—	$707
Housing units	25	312
Homeownership rate	100.0%	58.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gerster	Lowry City
Population	20 → 8 (-60.0%)	709 → 587 (-17.2%)
Median household income	$24,464 → $43,750 (+78.8%)	$32,344 → $42,159 (+30.3%)
Median home value	$9,999 → $45,000 (+350.0%)	$60,000 → $84,300 (+40.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$728 → $707 (-2.9%)

Gerster

Population

208

Median household income

$24,464$43,750

Median home value

$9,999$45,000

Lowry City

Population

709587

Median household income

$32,344$42,159

Median home value

$60,000$84,300

Median gross rent

$728$707

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gerster	Lowry City
Under 5	0.0%	13.1%
5 to 17	0.0%	7.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	10.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	4.8%
35 to 44	25.0%	9.9%
45 to 54	0.0%	14.3%
55 to 64	0.0%	21.0%
65 to 74	62.5%	7.2%
75 and over	12.5%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gerster	Lowry City
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gerster	Lowry City
No high school diploma	0.0%	14.3%
High school graduate	75.0%	44.0%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	3.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gerster	Lowry City
Drove alone	100.0%	84.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gerster	Lowry City
1-unit, detached	96.0%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	18.3%

Poverty & households

	Gerster	Lowry City
Poverty rate	0.0%	23.7%
Average household size	2.00	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	—	37
Median year structure built	1967	1971